Big Jon Atkinson

Big Jon Atkinson is certainly a keeper from the flame of mid-century electrical blues, paying homage towards the sounds of Chicago as well as the Delta. A indigenous of Florida who was simply delivered in 1988, he was raised listening to outdated blues information in the ’90s and 2000s, picking right up your guitar as a teenager. He still left Florida for NEVADA when he was 18, gigging with music artists who handed down through the town. Shortly, he added harp and bass to his repertoire, after that relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he produced Big Jon & the Nationals. The music group played frequently and trim some indie recordings — Bluebeat released Boogie with You Baby in 2014, an record also offering Nathan Adam, Fred Kaplan, Marty Dodson, and Troy Sandow — and, in the middle-2010s, Atkinson transferred to Southern California. By that point, Atkinson released Home Party at Big Jon’s, a duet record with Bob Corritore that helped present the guitarist to a more substantial audience.